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[Reviewlet] <em>The Forgetting Tree</em>, by Tatjana Soli

[Reviewlet] The Forgetting Tree, by Tatjana Soli

Bestselling author Tatjana Soli sets forth an ambitious and harrowing tale in her new novel.

[Reviewlet] <em>Crazy Season</em>, by Paul Graham

[Reviewlet] Crazy Season, by Paul Graham

A debut collection focused on quiet lives that intersect, collide, and separate – forever altered by the encounter.

[Reviewlet] <em>Signs and Wonders</em>, by Alix Ohlin

[Reviewlet] Signs and Wonders, by Alix Ohlin

In her thoughtful, entertaining new collection, Signs and Wonders, Alix Ohlin lures readers into what seem like lulls, and then, there it is: a car crash. A coma. A missing child. A man licking a woman’s leg.

[Reviewlet] A Small Fortune, by Rosie Dastgir

[Reviewlet] A Small Fortune, by Rosie Dastgir

Rosie Dastgir’s deeply satisfying first novel, A Small Fortune, concerns an extended Pakistani family in contemporary England.

[Reviewlet] <em>The Lola Quartet</em>, by Emily St. John Mandel

[Reviewlet] The Lola Quartet, by Emily St. John Mandel

Emily St. John Mandel’s third noir novel is a stylish and suspenseful read.

[Reviewlet] <em>A Vacation on the Island of Ex-Boyfriends</em>, by Stacy Bierlein

[Reviewlet] A Vacation on the Island of Ex-Boyfriends, by Stacy Bierlein

Bierlein’s debut collection features familiar, post-Sex and the City storylines, but with glimpses of originality and verve.

[Reviewlet] <em>An Unexpected Guest</em>, by Anne Korkeakivi

[Reviewlet] An Unexpected Guest, by Anne Korkeakivi

Can’t make it to Paris this spring? Don’t worry. Anne Korkeakivi’s debut novel, An Unexpected Guest , delivers armchair travel fresh as a fragrant baguette.

[Reviewlet] <em>The Book of Madness and Cures</em>, by Regina O'Melveny

[Reviewlet] The Book of Madness and Cures, by Regina O’Melveny

With her debut novel, Regina O’Melveny’s heroine embarks on a journey through Renaissance Europe. Indebted to The Bard, the book inhabits many worlds worth exploring.

[Reviewlet] <em>Trophy</em>, by Michael Griffith

[Reviewlet] Trophy, by Michael Griffith

Michael Griffith’s latest novel captures the last twenty minutes of a man’s life: Vada finishes mowing the lawn, eats cookie dough for lunch, and suffocates under the weight of his friend Wyatt’s stuffed trophy bear. It’s a joke wrapped in a pun inside a pratfall, but this book gives good pathos, too.

[Reviewlet] <em>badbadbad</em>, by Jesús Ángel García

[Reviewlet] badbadbad, by Jesús Ángel García

Jesús Ángel García’s debut “transmedia” novel, badbadbad is fast, fun, irreverent, and unlike anything else in the fiction aisle. Starring a lead character who shares the author’s name, the book follows his descent from devout webmaster to the obsessed savior of a pornographic social network. Also included: a documentary, a soundtrack, a chapter-by-chapter YouTube playlist.